trash-talker

noun

Definition of trash-talkernext
as in mocker

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trash-talker
  1. heckler
  2. tormentor
  3. wiseacre
  4. tease
Noun
  • New York Knicks fans — and star Karl-Anthony Towns — are cheering on the national anthem singer who pushed back after her rendition was briefly interrupted by a heckler on Thursday night.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The video shows an interaction between Kelce and a heckler outside the stadium where Penn State played Ohio State on Saturday.
    Jillian Sykes, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of heckler
Noun
  • Can't imagine putting my kid in that position for hours and hours at a time with a tormentor for two weeks.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • But Hasina’s ouster both expunged his legal travails and presented a late career change as his tormentor’s successor.
    Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of tormentor
Noun
  • Similarly, the Pink Ladies, a popular clique headed by Rizzo (Stockard Channing), deliver their wiseacre lines with a fair dose of irony.
    Vogue, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Mark Kelly The boat, the train and the paradigm shift were all missed by Apple, according to the wiseacres.
    Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 6 June 2023
Definition of wiseacre
Noun
  • The silly Golden Globes moment might be a tease of the type of comedy fans will get to see on Apple TV+’s The Studio, starring both Rogen and O’Hara, alongside Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz, and Chase Sui Wonders.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
  • After winning the women’s Money in the Bank match on July 6, Stratton had a number of teases, but on the first episode of SmackDown on USA, Tiffy struck.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of tease
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